WINDHOEK-A proud patriotic Namibian young woman Frieda Lukas (25) says she is persistent an achieving her dreams. A bachelor degree graduate in Journalism and Communication Technology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Lukas is now doing an honours degree in Communications at the same university.
The term “fourth industrial revolution” is understood in various ways. Some people are excited about it. Others are cautious. Some assume it means that technology and robots will take over every human activity. And still others imagine that this “revolution” will lead only to joblessness and automation.
We live in a time where everyone has an opinion they want to share. Whether it’s politics, feminism, religion, race or sexuality, it usually causes a hateful outcome. People seem to have lost respect in their approach to speak their mind and as
WINDHOEK - Besides his challenging upbringing, he managed to break through to fully explore his potential. This is the mechanical engineering graduate and author of the book Respect My Hustle, Sylvester Shapwa.
There are many factors that need to be taken into consideration, when one is meditating on the standard of our local education. However, after everything is set and done, it all boils down to two pillars: the teacher and the learner/student.
WINDHEOK - Some unemployed graduates have initiated a youth organisation, the Unique Empowerment and Employment Initiative Foundation (UEEIF) to combat unemployment among young people in the country.
WINDHOEK - Only three of the 163 resolutions emanating from the just-concluded Second National Land Conference makes any reference, relates to or cater either for the youth and/or students.
WINDHOEK- A science student at the University of Namibia (Unam), Alexis Wimmerth who passed her Grade 12 with remarkable marks is urging learners to study wisely, hard and focus more on their studies.
When it comes to social influences, the general opinion is that it’s harmful. Parents frown upon it.
These exercises are meant for those teachers, who can humbly admit that there is always room for improvement. This is an attempt to provide additional teaching skills. These skills are not taught at teacher training institutions, but they form the basis
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LÜDERITZ – Often young people forget their hobbies once settling in a job but this is different for 26-year-old Alena Motinga who has always loved art.
WINDHOEK - National Youth Council Representative Chairperson JP van der Westhuizen who was about four years old when the first National Land Conference took place in 1991, says land is the ultimate instrument for economic emancipation.
WINDHOEK- As part of the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) 2018 celebrations, the Namibia Media Trust (NMT) is hosting the #YouthQuakeNam event under the theme “Information is Youth Power”.
KHORIXAS - The Cornelius Goreseb High School (CGHS) debate team has won N$1000 cash prize for the World Rhino Day celebration schools debate competition held last Friday at the Herbert Conradie Stadium here.
WINDHOEK - The Ecumenical Social Diaconate Action (ESDA)’s Friendly Haven, a shelter for abused women and children, is celebrating the Day of the Namibian Child with the children from the Sonder Water community this Friday at the ESDA Conference & Training Centre in Hochland Park.
LÜDERITZ - Friedolf Stein, a Grade 12 learner at Angra Pequena Senior Secondary School in Lüderitz, is the school’s Dux Learner for 2018.
I once read that friends are the family that you get to choose for yourself. This makes sense, since your relations to friends are not usually bond by blood.
Dear teacher, these exercises will shift your paradigm of teaching, because they will help you to connect to your learners on a deeper level and thus your pupils will engage more actively in the learning process.
WINDHOEK – He lost his father while barely three months old, something he has not gotten over to this day, Simon Namesho says he has never gotten over growing up without the love and support of his father.
WINDHOEK - The Committed Artists of Namibia (CAN), has been gearing itself for the revival of its second generation youth theatre project next year.
WINDHOEK - Julien Bok, Aina Kiimba and Mcallen Bok are the three top receivers of the Pan African Youth Awards from the Eldorado High School.
WIDHOEK- Uetuuaneka Karumendu (Grade 8), Korokue Tjomuho (Grade 9), and Tujamee Tjinape (Grade 8), are the top performers of the Epukiro Junior Secondary School having obtained 43, 33 and 39 marks respectively in the August examinations.
WINDHOEK - A young author and final year University of Namibia (Unam) student, Elise Shinedima’s second book titled Give me another day, is out.
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WINDHOEK- Tov Read-A-Thon is on September 29 at Tov Multipurpose Centre in Vinia Ndadi Street Erf 1392 from 08h00 to 17h00.
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WINDHOEK - Namibian children are more likely to watch video content and listen to music, than spend time on social media. Kaspersky Lab’s latest report, based on statistics from the company’s Parental Control modules, has revealed.
All the basic life skills were taught to us by our parents and guardians, they taught us what we needed to know while growing up. From cleaning our noses to using the toilets. They are our reference and directors for a good life. They were our first teachers that offered life education for free.
There are many factors that need to be taken into consideration when one tries to answer the question: how can we raise the standard of our local education? The main factors however, remain the teacher and the student.
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OTJINENE - “I hope to get my own bed...I want to enjoy sleeping alone with my own blankets,” says Monalisa Tjituaiza, a Grade 5 learner who could not hide her joy at the new provisions of fifty beds, blankets and mattresses, courtesy of the
WINDHOEK- A. Shipena Senior Secondary School hosted its awards ceremony last Friday in the school hall to reward its top learners who in April and August exams passed with good marks.
WINDHOEK - Youth between 12-21 years are invited to register for a Youth Coaching Camp this weekend at the Gross Barmen Resort outside Okahandja.
WINDHOEK - The City of Windhoek Junior Mayor, Reshelle Beukes, is urging all youth in Namibia to work together and educate themselves in fighting the spread of HIV and AIDS among them
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WINDHOEK - The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Windhoek launched its children’s storybook titled Frieda and the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations (UN) Library in Klein Windhoek recently.
ORANJEMUND - The Southern Youth Entrepreneurs (SYE) in collaboration with Oranjemund Town Council and the constituency office is to host a fundraising gala dinner to be attended by the Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service Erastus Uutoni.
WINDHOEK - Genade Business Solutions cc, a faith-based company in Namibia, in partnership with Knowledge is Your Key Academy (KiYK), a John Maxwell Certified Team based in South Africa is officially launching the John Maxwell Global Youth Initiative in Namibia on Friday in Warmbad, which is billed the “Glamour Event of the Year for the Youth in Namibia”.
There are many factors that need to be taken into consideration when one tries to answer the question: how can we raise the standard of our local education?
WINDHEOK - One of the youngest employees Faustinus Haingura (25), says growing up without knowing what to become in the future have led him to a career path he loves most.
WINDHOEK – Esther Beukes, Toivo Nghidipohamba and Sally Jason are the three young Namibians who have been selected to partake in the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy filmmaking training for 12 months starting October 1 in Zambia this year.
The German as a Foreign Language Competition (Nationaler Sprachwettbewerb 2018) reaches its final stages this Saturday at the Goethe-Institut Namibia from 08:00-16:00 when the winners will be announced at last.
WINDHOEK – Children of Namibia (ChiNamibia) has announced the fifth children’s festival set for September 29 at the Katutura Community Arts Centre (KCAC).
WINDHOEK- A 22-year-old Business Administration student at the International University of Management (IUM), Ndahekelekwa ‘Tracey’ Kayofa is this year’s Miss Outapi.
WINDHOEK - Nicole Landsburg from Windhoek High School (WHS) has been crowned this year’s Miss Teen Namibia. Clarisse Muller is the first runner up, while Operi Kazombiaze is the second runner up. The competition took place at the Gymnasium School hall on Saturday.
The two months Michael Scott Peters spent helping child victims of human trafficking in the Dominican Republic have given him renewed vigour to tackle the issue as the new United States youth observer to the United Nations.
There are many factors that need to be taken into consideration when one tries to answer the question: how can we raise the standard of our local education?
Shamiso Kumbirai, a young engineer, is making a huge impact increasing awareness of the plight of lack of sanitation in communities. “In Grade 10 I was exposed to civil engineering. I loved the feeling of being onsite, but became keenly aware of the need for females to join the civil engineering field,” says Kumbirai.
WINDHOEK - Fresh from being elected to the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) as coordinator for African, Senior Shimhanda, a final year Master of Engineering student at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) has passed the entrance examination to Japanese Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) for the Space Engineering International Course (SEIC).
WINDHOEK - Learners at the Gammams Primary School in Khomasdal are in a grip of fear about their own lives, following the gruesome killing of one their own, Cheryl Avihe Ujaha, during the school holidays.
WINDHOEK – The University of Namibia (Unam) last week celebrated its cultural festival under the theme, ‘Enhancing Diversity and Cultural Awareness’.
Every week in our local newspapers there is an article about the youth and unemployment.
Tresia Shipepe, 26, who has just completed training in the hospitality and tourism sector through the Wolwedans and Nice Restaurant,
Despite some few attempts to enter university he eventually had to pursue a more direct route to some cash flow due to financial difficulties in his early life.
There are various factors to be considered when one is contemplating the standard of education in our beloved motherland.
Despite having missed the initial official launch date, proponents of the planned Okakarara Constituency School Prize Awards remain adamant that the envisioned event will come to fruition.
She learned wonderful things that sooner or later are bound to change her life, such as about teenage pregnancy, how to abstain from sex and how a young girl can speak openly to her parents about issues effecting her, says Reefbica /Howoses, 15, one of the girls who attended a VisionCore mentorship programme for girls over the weekend.
WINDHOEK – The VisionCore mentorship programme for young girls under the theme ‘Raising Leading Ladies’ continues to excite the young girls.
In a world of many people that come and go, there are some that will leave a mark on you. Some deserve more appreciation then they get. This is my letter to them:
There are various factors to be considered when one is contemplating the standard of education in our beloved motherland.
WINDHOEK – Selma Ambunda is a goal-driven mid-career woman with a passion for driving change. A devoted hardworking Christian and believer she grew up in rural Namibia in the small village of Ouma, in the Omusati Region. Walking long distances from home to school and back, covering ten kilometres a day, did not put her off school but instead motivated her to one day change her circumstances.
WINDHOEK - Operi Kazombiaze, a 16-year-old aspiring model has initiated a Gender Based Violence (GBV) campaign titled #KnowYourWorthy, to reduce GBV among the youth and all Namibians at large.
WINDHOEK - The 38th Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit that took place last week had young people at the centre of its agenda with the theme “Promoting infrastructure development and youth empowerment for sustainable development”.
WINDHOEK – It was a night of glitz and glamour at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) Lower Campus on Friday night when student designers showcased their creative talent.
WINDHOEK - Queen Avula is an ambitious woman and a go-getter, who believe in maturity, relevance and self-respect. “I’m happy around flexible, open minded and free spirited souls, especially the less sensitive ones, and those who wish to learn through positive criticism,” says Avula.
WINDHOEK – The first audition of this year’s Miss High School North will be held at Gwashamba Mall in Ondangwa, Oshana Region on September 1, with the main event scheduled for December 19 at the Ekamuti Lodge in the northern part of the country. The auditions start at 09h00.
WINDHOEK - More than 800 young people across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and 200 representatives from different regions in the country will meet for two days in a meeting titled SADC People’s Summit tomorrow and Friday.
ONGWEDIVA - There are many reasons that young Namibians have advanced for not using condoms, one of them they said is because the plastic sheath apparently makes sex dry and on the other hand condoms are apparently smelly.
